Thursday, July 28, 2016

CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 07/28/2016

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 08:00 pm
Have you ever wondered who finances the bond measures put on the
ballot—water, parks, school, infrastructure, transportation? Millions
are spent, since billions are on the table. We know that the High Speed
Rail measure was financed by unions, crony capitalists, corporations,
all expected to get a piece of the pie. Those that benefit are the […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:57 pm
If you want to get a permit to remodel your home, you look at the rules
of the city. Right? Wrong? You need to know all the regulations about
water use, toilets, air conditions, solar, etc set by the State and
adhere to those rules as well. What to build a housing complex or 30
[…]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:54 pm
“Minnesota governor Mark Dayton also addressed the throng, tossing out
well-worn edu-blob rhetoric like, “…many people did not know how poorly
the nation funds public education.” But the “we need to spend more”
mantra has been blown up countless times, most recently by Minnesota
reformer/writer Chris Stewart who pointed out that North High, one of
the […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:52 pm
“Health insurers selling through Covered California will designate a
family doctor — or in some cases a nurse practitioner or physician’s
assistant — for every plan holder who doesn’t already have one within 60 days of the coverage start date. The role of the assigned provider will be to help enrollees “navigate the system,” the exchange […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:49 pm
When you want to take your child to an art museum, do you go to the
County facility, bug, beautiful with lots of objects, or go down to the
port to view silly sculptures? Want to see a painting of a group of
people—or a mural on a bathroom? “White’s work takes the form of […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:46 pm
AB 109 put 50,000 known criminals back on the streets, early. Prop. 47
made sure tens of thousands of arrests of criminals in California never
happen. Now the very confused Guv Brown, who has 24/7 armed bodyguards,
has another measure to get even more criminals out of jail—or never put
in. How many more victims […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:44 pm
Berkeley is not a fiscally sound city. Financial decisions are based on
radicalism, ideology, bigotry and a sense that setting policy based on
globalism, instead of the needs of the community is the way to go. So,
some in the community believe if you commit a crime, you should be
spanked and then put back […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:42 pm
CalSTRS told the world they were going to get a 7.5% return on investment. Instead, it was 1.4%–hundreds of millions added in one year
to the over $172 billion in unfunded liabilities. This is an agency
that is on the cusp of collapse—and the returns in 2015-16 show why.
“Based on that math, the typical […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:40 pm
The businesses in the San Fernando Valley are beginning to realize that
new minimum wage laws—and other government controls on working
conditions, will put some out of business and others forced to fire
workers. Government now controls you busy—you lose the money, b ut they
make the rules. “One business woman who attended the lunch […]

By Stephen Frank on Jul 27, 2016 07:38 pm
The law in California says that the use of marijuana for recreational
use is illegal. So are the millions of folks that stole their way into
our country and government does nothing about either. San Fran, LA and
other cities are sanctuaries for illegal aliens and the cops do
nothing. Pot is sold in schools, […]